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Wednesday 19 May 2010

What a difference 85 years makes




The chart above plots the concentration of wealth in the US. As you can see, we are back to the levels last seen in the Jazz Age, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was America's most celebrated writer. My goodness, what an innocent time that must have been. Today, Cormac McCarthy harrowing tale the Road is the big hit - Go Figure!